Ink-eraser



(No Model.)

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v INK FRASER. No. 413,'798. Patented 0013.29, 1889'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MOOLINTOCK YOUNG, OF FREDERICK, MARYLAND.

lNK-ERASER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,798, dated October29, 1889.

' Application filed May 16, 1889. $erial No. 311,044. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MCOLINTOOK YOUNG, of Frederick, in the county ofFrederick and State of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements inInk-Erasers, of which the following is a specification.

materialas sand, emery, or pulverized glasscemented to its surface,combined with a holder or support, to which the strip is adjustablyapplied in order that different portions of its surface may be broughtsuccessively to an operating position and supported from the back whenin use.

My invention is susceptible of embodiment in various forms, which-willbe apparent to persons skilled in the art after reading thisspecification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of theeraser in its most simple form. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same onthe line a: m. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the eraser in a differentform. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the same.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2,A represents the erasive strip, of cloth,leather, tough paper, or equivalent material, coated on one or bothsurfaces with sand, pulverized glass, or other similar-material glued orcemented thereto.

B represents the holder or support, which consists in this form of thedevice simply of a block of rubber, of suitable size to be-convenientlygrasped and held, over the end of which the abrasive strip is drawn andsecured by an encircling-band O forced thereover. The end of the supportB is beveled, as shown, so that when used as a handle it willpresent andsupport the outer abrasive surface of the strip in suitable form toadmit of its being applied to the exact portion of the paper required.As the abrasive surface of the strip becomes worn or dulled at theexposed point, it is necessary to loosen the band and shift the stripendwise, in order to bring a new portion into action.

In the form of device shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the strip or band A is inthe form of along tape, which is coiled and inserted within a flatcircular case or holder B, one end of the strip being drawn outwardthrough a slit 1), made for the purpose and passed over a projecting andsupporting rib Z) and under a confining-loop W. In this form of devicethe strip is inclosed and protected, except at its operative point.Fresh portions are brought into action by simply drawing the strip endwise out of the case. The rib 1) serves as a support for the activeportion.

Having thus described my invention, I claim is 1. An ink-eraserconsisting of the pliable strip coated with abrasive material and aholder or support to which the strip is adj-ustably secured.

2. The combination of a flexible strip coated with abrasive material, aholder or support having a convex surface, over which the strip ispassed and by which it is supported, a confining-band, substantially asshown, acting to hold the strip in place to permit its longitudinaladjustment.

3. A rubber block or support, the flexible strip coated with abrasivematerial and ap-. plied to said block, and the clasp or band 0, appliedas shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 22d day of April,188.9, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

MCCLINTOCK YOUNG.

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\Vitn'esses:

EDWIN C. MARKELL, MARSHALL Four.

